I do believe so

rip

How much does it say in Windows?

I don't have my HDD yet so I can't check that

if he doesn't have a powercord, how do you expect him to check in windows ?

😄

It'll come in tomorrow

I didn't realise he wasn't using it

Oops

is that a craptop or a desktop ?

Desktop

can you check directly the ram sticks just to be sure they are indeed 2x 2GB ?

The heatsink/cover plate does say do

I'll make a picture

is that compatible with your mobo ?

Yes

what chipset is your mobo just to be sure?

Chipset.. Can you give an example of one

I don't know, p67 is a pretty old one 😄

it's usually in the name of your motherboard

Ohh right

The board is an asus p5q

for example mine is a x99

hmm p45 chipset should be fine if you use the right DDR2 sticks with the right freq

DDR 2

can't see the freq of those, let me check the reference just to be 100% sure

yeah PC2-8500 it's fine

I was thinking about running an os off a USB to check how it would look like in the system

hmm it's gonna be hard for you to test... it's either a hardware issue with your ram sticks or your mobo (try to change the slots if you have extra ones)

or it could be a firmware issue too but the chances are pretty low

the thing is, DDR2 is pretty anciant now and are expensive for what they do

I saw

But this motherboard doesn't go above that so it's all I have for now

there's several tests like "memcheck" that are provided with most linux distro livecd / usb

you could probably check that but I don't know if that will be of any uses

yeah I know, and if you change your mobo you basically change your whole PC...

my statement was more like if you could buy another ram stick to check if it's the mobo or not

or if you have extra DDR2 compatible sticks arounds (friends or whatever)

but as I said, they are pretty expensive due to their age